The 2nd Annual Great Philosopher's Get Together VRC
Middle and High School Teams
- Date
- 14-Oct-2023 Add to Calendar
- Event Code
- RE-VRC-23-2775
- Program
- VEX V5 Robotics Competition
- Event Type
- Tournament
- Event Format
- In-Person
- Field Control System
- VEXNet Field Control
- Capacity
- 32
- Spots Open
- 2
- Event Region
- Florida - South
- Max Registrations per Organization
- 4
- Early-Bird Registration Opens
- 22-Aug-2023 12:00 EDT
- Standard Registration Opens
- 2-Sep-2023 12:00 EDT
- Registration Deadline
- 6-Oct-2023 19:37 EDT
- Payment Deadline
- 6-Oct-2023 19:45 EDT
- Price
- $55.00
100% of total capacity is reserved
for Florida - South.
2 remaining spots
are reserved for Florida - South.
- This event has reached capacity. Teams on waitlist may still be added.
- It is past the registration deadline.
General Info
This VRC Qualifier is a Blended event, so all teams are welcome!
All participants are expected to complete the participant release form . (also available in Spanish) Once per season covers all events.
Grade Level: All
Skills Challenge Offered: Yes
Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks
Event Dates & Locations
Date: 14-Oct-2023
Venue/Location:1798 NW Spanish River Blvd
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
United States
Contact the Event Partner
You must login to contact this Event PartnerCode of Conduct
The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.
For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.
Agenda
8:00 Doors open,
8:15 Registration, and Inspection Open
9:00 Opening Remarks and Drivers Meeting - Robot skills will run until the qualification matches are over. Get your rounds in early!
9:30 Qualification matches start.
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Qualification Matches
2:40 - 2:50 Alliance Selection
3:00 - 4:00 Finals Matches, immediately followed by awards*
(Award ceremony will start right after Judges turn in results)
Volunteer
Volunteers are the most important things to have in order to run a great event. If you are able to volunteer for this event contact Brian Rowland at [email protected]. In your email please include what job you are most interested in as well as any VEX certifications you currently possess.
Emergency/Bad Weather Policy
For event day information regarding weather delays or cancellations, please check the event page for updates.
Notification of any changes to this event will be made through the contacts provided with your registration through robotevents.com
Refund and Payment Policies
If the Event Partner cancels the event:
Per the RobotEvents.com fee structure, $5.00 of each registration is used by their organization for processing and is not refundable.
Refunds will be issued in the cases of an event cancellation.
If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:
No refunds will be issued to "no show" teams.
Judging Format
Digital Engineering Notebook Submissions / In Person Team Interviews: Team interviews will be conducted in-person at the event. Engineering notebooks will be submitted digitally for evaluation via a link found within the "My Account" panel of the team contact on RobotEvents. A submission deadline that may be scheduled ahead of the event date.